“That your Friday game has been forfeited, to me
doesn’t really ring true to what we’re trying to teach our young adults
here,” said Jerry Jensen, Archbishop Murphy’s head football coach.

“This is their opportunity to face adversity, power
through it, and it will serve them well in their life,” Jensen said.

One reason the players at Archbishop Murphy are so big is
because as a private school, it can recruit players from around the region
while public schools cannot. The growing call around the league is for Archbishop
Murphy to play in a higher division.

Players like lineman Jackson Yost, who is 6 feet 3 inches
and 265 pounds, just want to play.

“We can’t focus on what
other schools do and we just have to focus on what we need to do so we can prepare
for the next upcoming game,” Yost said.